RWX (Read/Write/eXecute) is a three-day worksession and public talks programme that explores the politics of artistic tool use through the context of the 'filesystem' – the part of an operating system that allows a user to read and write to digital memory.
As we increasingly outsource our data storage to "the cloud" and manage it with the multitude of apps on our smart devices, the traditional experience of the filesystem – with its associated workplace metaphors of files and folders – is being outmoded. At RWX, we will speculate on how this evolving experience of the filesystem mediates the existing frameworks and aesthetics of digital tool use, and collaboratively
develop a series of responses that imagine how it could influence artistic production in the future.
RWX is funded by Creative Scotland's Lottery Fund, with support from New Media Scotland, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, and Furtherfield.
Event Format:
The event begins with Read, 29 Oct from 2-6pm, a symposium with guest speakers Marc Garret, Aymeric Mansoux, Silvio Lorusso and Kirsty Hendry. This is followed by the Write worksession running over two days, 30-31 Oct 11-5pm, where participants work in groups to develop artistic responses to the RWX theme. The event closes with eXecute, a sharing session open to the general public with presentations of work/research by the Write groups.
Participation is free, but places can be reserved for the individual Read/Write/eXecute events.
